Please help us decide

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Good morning. Our daughter is called Amelia nn Mia who everyone knows her by. Need help naming her sister. I love Amelie but too close to Amelia unfortunately. Please help us decide between Sienna and Isabella. Many thanks in advance x

Isabella is much nicer. Sienna is common (in both senses of the word).

Isabella definitely

It's really classy and goes lovely with Mia/Amelia

I find Sienna really chavy I have to be honest :-( and it just feels really forced in a way that I can't quite put my finger on

Isabeau instead of Isabella? Absolutely not.

Isabella much better. Sienna will date badly and has no good short versions.
Lila rather than Layla which is very Arabic so not a good fit if you’re not. Or even better, Lily. Lillian

I'd go for Isobel.

@Mimrr , Layla isn't really 'very Arabic', it's very Eric Clapton
The name is from Laila pronounced Ligh-la which means 'night' in Arabic. Lila is probably from Delilah.

I think Layla and Lila are a bit 'of the moment', and I don't like the Layla spelling.
Leila seems much more classic.

I really like both. I'd probably pick Isabella (or Isabel) because I really like old names, but Sienna is lovely too.

I know you're not looking for third options, but what about Aurelie if you like the French vibe of Amelie?

Isabella definitely. Mia and Izzy/Belle/Bella

Thank you, we did think about Aurelia but seemed to similar to Amelia. Hadn’t thought of Aurelie

Shame you do not like it - my middle name.

@schloss oh dear!

FWIW I think that Isabeau is a gorgeous name (also Ysabeau)

@schloss , I didn't say I didn't like it.

Isabeau is lovely but we don’t have any French connections which I personally don’t think matters but think Isabella easier for people to spell or pronounce?

but think Isabella easier for people to spell or pronounce
Definitely.

Yes I'm sure that Isabeaus (or is that Isabeaux?!) outside France would find themselves correcting people a lot. And even more so for Ysabeau.

I really do like Isabelle/Isabel, Isobel (if you're Scottish), and Isabella

Definitely Isabella over Sienna! Although I prefer Isabel.

Ugh the snobs are out in force 🙄

I think Sienna is much prettier.

Another vote for Sienna here too

I also love Lydia, as a PP mentioned above

Isabella is far nicer.
Also like Amelia and Grace.

Name from my home, Grognak. Means strong and valiant

What language is it from @Toe87 ? How do you say it?